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| Trainee clinical psychologists' views on recruitment to work with older people | | Author(s) | Kristina Lee, P Jane Volans, Nicola Gregory |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 23, part 1, January 2003 |
| Pages | pp 83-97 |
| Keywords | Clinical psychologists ; Teaching hospitals ; Recruitment ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | For some time in Britain, it has been difficult to recruit clinical psychologists and other health professionals to work with older people. This pattern of under-recruitment has also been reported in other countries. The research reported here aimed to explore this issue among the next generation of clinical psychologists, those currently training. Questionnaires were posted to 25 of the clinical psychology training courses in the UK, and 371 trainees returned questionnaires. Trainees were asked their thoughts on why it might be difficult to recruit to the older adult specialty, and how recruitment could be improved. The results suggest that many trainees believe that despite many advances, clinical psychology has less to offer older people than other age groups. The responses contain evidence of both ageism and the fear of ageing and death. To improve recruitment in the older adult specialty of clinical psychology, the predominant recommendations were for good quality placements and teaching during training, as well as a need for improved marketing by clinical psychologists working in this specialty, and also for improved support, terms and conditions. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030210007 A |
| Classmark | QT9A: V6: WK6: TOB: 3F |
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